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Thirtyfour Parking Lots In Los Angeles [SIGNED]

Ruscha, Ed

Los Angeles: Self published, 1974. Second Edition. Softcover. 1/2000. Small Quarto. Unpaginated. Original stiff cream wraps with light brown lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Signed "Edward Ruscha" in blue ink on free front endpaper. Ruscha changed his signature to Ed Ruscha later in his career.

Richly illustrated with 30 b/w full-page-, and 1 b/w double-page reproduction of captioned photographs showing aerial views of (mostly) empty parking lots around the city of Los Angeles. The photos were taken at Ed Ruscha's instructions by Art Alanis. The double-page photo depicts Santa Monica Blvd. from Roxbury to Wilshire. Represented are Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, 1800 Avenue of the Stars in Century City, Universal studios, Dodger Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, among others.

Other photos show the Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, 1800 Avenue of the Stars in Century City, Universal Studios, the Dodgers Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, and many others. "Ed Ruscha's work still retain their capacity to surprise, delight and puzzle in equal measure...they are still objects of mystery and fascination, beguiling in their utter simplicity and immutable rightness." (Parr/Badger; The Photobook: A History, Vol. II, 140-141). Thirtyfour Parking Lots delivers a complex polemic on the nature of the medium and its dissemination, using the most economical as well as minimal of means. Some discoloration to glassine. Parts of top edge on glassine torn. Glassine in good, book in near fine condition. vg. Item #52852

Price: $2,000.00